Re: [PATCH nft 2/5] parser_json: move list_add into json_parse_cmd

[Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>]

Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc> wrote:
> > Problem is that the json input parser does cmd_add at the earliest opportunity.
> > 
> > For a simple input file defining a table, set, set element and chain, we get
> > following transaction:
> >  * add table
> >  * add set
> >  * add setelem
> >  * add chain
> > 
> > This is rejected by the kernel, because the set element references a chain
> > that does (not yet) exist.
> > 
> > Normal input parser only allocates a CMD_ADD request for the table.
> > 
> > Rest of the transactional commands are created much later, via nft_cmd_expand(),
> > which walks "struct table" and then creates the needed CMD_ADD for the objects
> > owned by that table.
> 
> JSON parser simply does not support nested syntax, like, for instance:

You mean, WONTFIX? Fine with me.